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- My Neighbor Totoro
Following the story of schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, they move into an old country house with their father as they wait for their mother to recover from an illness in the hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they become friends with spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.
2. Spirited Away
10-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon an abandoned amusement park. Or so it seems. After her mother and father are turned into pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku, who tells her that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there in order to free herself and her parents.
3. Kiki’s Delivery Service
Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village’s tradition for witches in training. After learning to control her broomstick, Kiki sets up a flying courier service and soon becomes a fixture in the community. But when the insecure young witch begins questioning herself and loses her magic abilities, she must overcome her self-doubt to get her powers back.
4. Howl’s Moving Castle
Sophie has an uneventful life at her late father’s hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends Howl, a wizard who lives in a magical flying castle. However, the evil Witch of Waste takes issue with their budding relationship and casts a spell on young Sophie, which ages her prematurely. Now Howl must use all his magical talents to battle the jealous hag and return Sophie to her former youth and beauty.
5. Castle in the Sky
Young orphan Sheeta and her kidnapper, Col. Muska, are flying to a military prison when their plane is attacked by a gang of air pirates led by the matronly Dola. Escaping from a mid-air collision via a magic crystal around her neck, Sheeta meets fellow orphan Pazu and the pair join forces to discover the mystical floating city of Laputa while pursued by both Muska and the pirates, who lust for the city’s myriad treasures.
6. Grave of the Fireflies
A devastating meditation on the human cost of war, this animated tale follows Seita, a teenager charged with the care of his younger sister, Setsuko, after an American firebombing during World War II separates the two children from their parents. Their tale of survival is as heartbreaking as it is true to life. The siblings rely completely on each other and struggle against all odds to stay together and stay alive.